Irving Kaufman
Irving Kaufman
Irving Robert Kaufmanwas a federal judge in the United States. He is best remembered for imposing the death sentences on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg...
ideal losing object party profession simply victim
The ideal is to have the losing party feel that he is not the victim of the judge, but simply the object of a profession that is the same for all.
stronger trials doe
The trial lawyer does what Socrates was executed for: making the worse argument appear the stronger.
history machines judicial-system
The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
special costumes imagine
Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.
history perspective mind
To the extent that the judicial profession becomes the daily routine of deciding cases on the most secure precedents and the narrowest grounds available, the judicial mind atrophies and its perspective shrinks.
stars judging decision
The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.